J. S. "Chris" Christie Jr.

J. S. "Chris" Christie Jr.


Dentons Sirote PC

Recognized since 2005

Birmingham, Alabama

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Insurance Law

Litigation - ERISA

Litigation - Insurance

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2016 - Litigation - ERISA
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J.S. "Chris" Christie practices in Dentons Sirote’s Litigation group, based in Birmingham, Alabama. He has handled False Claims Act, class action, and bet-the-company cases, cases involving stock valuations, financial expert witnesses, and statistical expert witnesses, and appeals to the Supreme Court of Alabama and to the federal Circuit Courts of Appeals. He frequently speaks and publishes on employee benefits, legal ethics, and trial techniques.

In employee benefits litigation, Chris represents plans, fiduciaries, and insurers in ERISA cases and in governmental plan cases. He has tried several ERISA fiduciary breach trials. Since 2012, he has been a Fellow with the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel.

In healthcare litigation, Chris primarily represents hospitals, physicians and other providers and also has represented insurers, HMOs and other managed care organizations. For healthcare clients, he has tried and won at trial two healthcare False Claims Act cases against the Department of Justice.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 2311 Highland Avenue South
    Birmingham, AL 35205
Education
  • Duke University, J.D., graduated 1985
  • Duke University, M.A., graduated 1985
  • Rhodes College, B.A., graduated 1981
Bar Admissions
  • Alabama, Alabama State Bar Association
Affiliations
  • American College of Employee Benefits Counsel - Fellow
Federal Clerkships
  • United States District Court

Dentons Sirote PC
Birmingham, Alabama

56 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

14 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2016 - Litigation - ERISA
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Insurance Law, Birmingham (2022)
  • Litigation - ERISA, Birmingham (2016)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Litigation - ERISA
  • Litigation - Insurance
Special Focus:
  • COVID-19
  • ERISA
  • Litigation
  • Pension, Health and Welfare
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Corporate Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
  • Health Care Law
  • Litigation - Banking and Finance
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Venture Capital Law

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